Safety of the recombinant cholera toxin B subunit, killed whole-cell (rBS-WC) oral cholera vaccine in pregnancy.

Safety of the recombinant cholera toxin B subunit, killed whole-cell (rBS-WC) oral cholera vaccine in pregnancy.

Mass vaccinations are a main strategy in the deployment of oral cholera vaccines. Campaigns avoid giving vaccine to pregnant women because of the absence of safety data of the killed whole-cell oral cholera (rBS-WC) vaccine. Balancing this concern is the known higher risk of cholera and of complicat...

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Main Authors: Ramadhan Hashim, Ahmed M Khatib, Godwin Enwere, Jin Kyung Park, Rita Reyburn, Mohammad Ali, Na Yoon Chang, Deok Ryun Kim, Benedikt Ley, Kamala Thriemer, Anna Lena Lopez, John D Clemens, Jacqueline L Deen, Sunheang Shin, Christian Schaetti, Raymond Hutubessy, Maria Teresa Aguado, Marie Paule Kieny, David Sack, Stephen Obaro, Attiye J Shaame, Said M Ali, Abdul A Saleh, Lorenz von Seidlein, Mohamed S Jiddawi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3404114?pdf=render

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